Lorraine G. McDowell

Lorraine graduated from Connellsville, PA High School in June of 1944. Her major was Business and the clubs she belonged to were Drama, Dance, Girl Reserves, Bridge and Etiquette.
After high school she moved to Akron where she was employed by Firestone Tire and Rubber. She was a data operator on a computer optical paper tape machine for six years until her retirement when she married.
She converted to Catholicism, married and had four children: Judy Mosser of Cuyahoga Falls, Tom (Cindy) of Akron, Bill (Elaine) of Cuyahoga Falls, Mary Ann (Ron) Fiedler of Uniontown. During these years she belonged to a church quilting club that made blankets for lepers in India. Later she made rosaries for missions, did lots of scrapbooking, learned how to drive and got her driver's license at age of 62.
Her senior years were filled with meeting with friends, playing cards, participating in a bowling league, doing jigsaw puzzles, family gatherings, playing the organ, playing records of classical and pop music, and going to church rummage sales on the weekends.
But in the end, in spite of a short-term memory loss, she was still quick witted. She was a devoted wife and a loving mother and enjoyed her grand, great-grand and great-great-grandchildren.
Calling hours will be on Friday from 4 to 7pm and on Saturday from 8 to 9 am at the Dunn-Quigley Funeral Home (811 Grant St.). Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday at 10:00 am at St. Mary's Catholic Church, followed by interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.